ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences)
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ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) is the comprehensive field of Islamic scholarship that studies the Qur’an’s revelation, compilation, language, interpretation, and related disciplines that underpin its exegesis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ulum al-Qur'an (Qur'anic sciences) | 1 |
| ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7051897 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) Context triple: [Islamic exegesis, relatedTo, ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences)]
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Ihsa al-Ulum
Ihsa al-Ulum is a seminal philosophical and scientific treatise by Al-Farabi that systematically classifies and surveys the various branches of knowledge in the Islamic intellectual tradition.
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B.
Jāmi‘ al-bayān ‘an ta’wīl āy al-Qur’ān
Jāmi‘ al-bayān ‘an ta’wīl āy al-Qur’ān is al-Tabari’s monumental multi-volume Qur’anic exegesis, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential works of tafsir in Islamic scholarship.
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C.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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D.
Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries)
Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries) refers to Mulla Sadra’s philosophical and mystical exegeses of the Qur’an, in which he applies his transcendent theosophy to interpret scripture.
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E.
Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din is a seminal Islamic spiritual and ethical treatise that systematically integrates jurisprudence, theology, and Sufism to guide Muslims in both outward practice and inner purification.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) Target entity description: ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) is the comprehensive field of Islamic scholarship that studies the Qur’an’s revelation, compilation, language, interpretation, and related disciplines that underpin its exegesis.
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A.
Ihsa al-Ulum
Ihsa al-Ulum is a seminal philosophical and scientific treatise by Al-Farabi that systematically classifies and surveys the various branches of knowledge in the Islamic intellectual tradition.
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B.
Jāmi‘ al-bayān ‘an ta’wīl āy al-Qur’ān
Jāmi‘ al-bayān ‘an ta’wīl āy al-Qur’ān is al-Tabari’s monumental multi-volume Qur’anic exegesis, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential works of tafsir in Islamic scholarship.
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C.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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D.
Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries)
Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries) refers to Mulla Sadra’s philosophical and mystical exegeses of the Qur’an, in which he applies his transcendent theosophy to interpret scripture.
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E.
Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din is a seminal Islamic spiritual and ethical treatise that systematically integrates jurisprudence, theology, and Sufism to guide Muslims in both outward practice and inner purification.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious discipline
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Qur’anic studies field ⓘ branch of Islamic sciences ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Qur’anic sciences
NERFINISHED
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Sciences of the Qur’an NERFINISHED ⓘ ʿIlm al-Qur’an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Qur’an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to preserve the authenticity of the Qur’anic text
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to provide tools for Qur’anic exegesis (tafsīr) ⓘ to safeguard correct understanding of the Qur’an ⓘ |
| hasNotableScholar |
al-Suyūṭī
NERFINISHED
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al-Zarkashī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
al-Burhān fī ʿUlūm al-Qur’ān
NERFINISHED
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al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Qur’ān NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Islamic scholarship ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
tafsīr
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uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ ʿulūm al-ḥadīth ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn |
Islamic seminaries (madāris)
NERFINISHED
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faculties of Islamic studies ⓘ |
| studies |
Makki and Madani surahs
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Qur’anic abrogation (naskh) ⓘ Qur’anic chronology of revelation ⓘ Qur’anic coherence (naẓm al-Qur’an) ⓘ Qur’anic compilation ⓘ Qur’anic dialectal forms ⓘ Qur’anic division into surahs and verses ⓘ Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ Qur’anic interpretation ⓘ Qur’anic language ⓘ Qur’anic legal verses (āyāt al-aḥkām) ⓘ Qur’anic manuscripts ⓘ Qur’anic oaths (aqsām al-Qur’an) ⓘ Qur’anic orthography (rasm al-muṣḥaf) ⓘ Qur’anic parables (amthāl al-Qur’an) ⓘ Qur’anic phonetics and tajwīd ⓘ Qur’anic punctuation and stopping rules (waqf wa ibtidāʾ) ⓘ Qur’anic recitation modes ⓘ Qur’anic revelation ⓘ Qur’anic rhetoric and balāgha ⓘ Qur’anic stories (qaṣaṣ al-Qur’an) ⓘ Qur’anic stylistic devices ⓘ Qur’anic thematic classification ⓘ Qur’anic variant readings (qirāʾāt) ⓘ Qur’anic vocabulary and gharīb al-Qur’an ⓘ causes of revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl) ⓘ circumstances of revelation ⓘ clear and ambiguous verses (muḥkam and mutashābih) ⓘ collection of the Qur’an in the Prophet’s time ⓘ collection of the Qur’an in the time of Abū Bakr ⓘ history of the Qur’anic text ⓘ inimitability of the Qur’an (iʿjāz al-Qur’an) ⓘ standardization of the Qur’an in the time of ʿUthmān ⓘ |
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Subject: ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) Description of subject: ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) is the comprehensive field of Islamic scholarship that studies the Qur’an’s revelation, compilation, language, interpretation, and related disciplines that underpin its exegesis.
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Ulum al-Qur'an (Qur'anic sciences)